chief constituent
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The laboratory-born resins, chief constituent of the new plastic glues, set like concrete, are impervious to weather or bacterial attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ebola attacks connective tissue with particular ferocity; it multiplies in collagen, the chief constituent protein of the tissue that holds the organs together.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The chief constituent is taraxacin, a neutral principle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
The latter appears to be identical with the chief constituent of gutta percha.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Mū′cin, an alkaline glutinous fluid forming the chief constituent of mucus.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
